High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2026· Updated Sep 28, 2026
CVE-2026-73198
CVE-2026-73198
Description
A flaw was found in FreeIPA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the /ipa/i18n_messages endpoint by sending an arbitrarily large request body. This can cause the service to consume excessive memory, leading to memory exhaustion, degraded responsiveness, and a denial of service (DoS) condition.
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Affected products
28- osv-coords26 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/freeipapkg:apk/chainguard/freeipa-docpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-ipaclientpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-ipalibpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-ipaplatformpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-ipapythonpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-ipaserverpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-ipatestspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-clientpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-encrypted-dnspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-epnpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-client-sambapkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-selinuxpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-selinux-lunapkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-selinux-nfastpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-serverpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-dnspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-encrypted-dnspkg:rpm/almalinux/ipa-server-trust-adpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipaclientpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipalibpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipaserverpkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-ipatests
< 4.13.3-r0+ 25 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.3-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4-1.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4-1.el9_8
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4-1.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4-1.el9_8
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4-1.el9_8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.4-1.el9_8
Patches
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References
4- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73198nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70564nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72279nvd
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